NGC 520: Colliding Galaxies from Hubble
Is this one galaxy or two? The jumble of stars, gas, and dust that is NGC 520 is now thought to incorporate the remains of two separate disk galaxies. A defining component of NGC 520 – as seen in great detail in the featured image from the Hubble Space Telescope – is its band of intricately interlaced dust running vertically down the spine of the colliding galaxies.
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